Basketry Fragment Item Number: 45SN100/2006-119/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
One fragment of checker plaited basketry with bands of decoration. There is one bag of associated loose debris. This basket did not have an associated catalog number. The current catalog number was assigned using the numbering system determined for unnumbered artifacts in the Biderbost collection by using the site number and accession number (45SN100/2006-119/1). A. Deep 3/10/09 This basketry fragment was adopted by Mary Anne and John A. Fray, Jr. through the Adopt-a-Basket program in September 2008. Their $100 donation paid for proper curation of this fragment. A. Deep 3/10/09
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Astrida R. Blukis Onat
Geographical Search Terms
North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Puget Sound Snohomish County Washington State Western United States Western Washington
Collection Owner
Owned by Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, WA.
Item History
- Collected by Washington Archaeological Society
What
- Name
- Basketry Fragment
- Identification Number
- 45SN100/2006-119/1
- Type of Item
- basketry fragment
- Material
- wood
- Overall
- length 50.0 cm, width 21.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Washington Archaeological Society
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Accession Number
- 2006-119
- Classification
- Site Type: Pre Contact Wet Site
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Stratum
- None listed
- Site Number
- 45-SN-100
- Object Category
- Woven Material
- Object Sub Category
- Basketry